Author: McLendon, Kelly

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 28, 2010

Let's talk about technology

This paper is designed to tell you, the reader, what you really need to know about the technology typically encountered in healthcare by health information professionals. Technology can be intimidating if did not learn from school or use every day. But it....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: February 2000

It's the twenty-first century: are your technology skills ready to meet the challenge? Whether you are a computer whiz or struggling to keep up, take a moment to assess—and address—areas where your personal technology skills need to be upgraded.
Your new coworker demonstrates daz....

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Source: AHIMA Advantage

Publication Date: June 2002

How can we interest students in the HIM profession? How will AHIMA get new members? This spring, AHIMA members were focusing on these and other big issues. At Team Talks meetings across the country, members were talking. And AHIMA was listening.
During the month of March, members of AHIMA....

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2003

What’s the best way to select a technology vendor? For HIM professionals, IS education and collaboration yield the best results.
The vendor evaluation and selection process starts with education, according to Tracy Hickey, MBA, RHIA, and relies on the input of a multidisciplinary te....

Author: Stern, Michele

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 21, 2003

Introduction

Classifying individuals according to four main personality types is not a new idea. The physician Hippocrates described four dispositions or temperaments- holeric, phlegmatic, melancholic and sanguine- as long ago as the fifth century B. C. Eastern astrologers devised a....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2017

Would any housing co-op board ever hire a self-described all-purpose handyman who might perfectly connect the plumbing systems of a 40-unit new construction condo building, but may only semi-competently replace a dining room light switch? Probably not. The board would more likely hire a pe....

Author: Featheringham, Meg

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2008

Laurie Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP, didn’t plan on going into academia when she began her HIM career. “I absolutely love it, but I didn’t originally consider it,” she says of how she came to be assistant professor of clinical allied medicine at The Ohio State University.

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Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2011

Health information management (HIM) is the practice of collecting, assessing the completeness of, maintaining, and sharing (as authorized) patient information through paper-based and electronic means. It is practiced in provider, payer, research, and governmental settings, as well as in health....

Author: Eramo, Lisa A

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2014

Leaders are innovative, strategic, and collaborative. Leaders are confident and creative problem solvers. They’ve worked hard to hone their knowledge and earn the respect of others. Leaders are known for their subject matter expertise, as well as their business savvy.


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Author: Smith, Cheryl M.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2001

In today's healthcare environment, time is a vital resource. HIM department leaders work to develop skills and use tools to manage personnel, budgets, and projects, but few consider investing in the development of the skills needed to manage time. While time management may be a new c....